2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2013 Final Tournament was held in Wales between 19 and 31 August 2013. Players born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to participate in this competition.

2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Wales
Dates19–31 August
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (3rd title)
Runners-up England
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored40 (2.67 per match)
Attendance7,798 (520 per match)
Top scorer(s) Pauline Bremer
(6 goals)
Best player(s) Sandie Toletti

It was the first time Wales played in the final tournament. The tournament also qualified four teams to the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, with England, Finland, France and Germany claiming Europe's four places by reaching the semi-finals.[1]

Tournament structure

The regulations make up for the following tournament structure:

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Competition format
First qualifying round
(40 teams)
  • 40 teams from associations ranked 4–53

10 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient

Second qualifying round
(24 teams)
  • 10 group winners and runners-up from 1st qualifying round
  • best group third-place finisher from 1st qualifying round

6 groups of 4 teams, hosted by one nation, seeded into four pots by UEFA coefficient

Final tournament
(8 teams)
  •  Wales (hosts)
  • 6 group winners from 2nd qualifying round
  • best group runners-up from 2nd qualifying round

2 groups of 4 teams, semi-finals, final
The four semifinalists qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Venues
Venues map

Qualifications

There were two separate rounds of qualifications held before the Final Tournament.

First qualifying round
Main article: 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round

In the first qualifying round 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups. The top two of each group and the best third-place finisher, counting only matches against the top two in the group, advanced. The draw for this round was made on 15 November 2011.[2]

Second qualifying round
Main article: 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship second qualifying round

In the second round the 21 teams from the first qualifying round were joined by top seeds Germany, France and England. The 24 teams of this round were drawn into six groups of four teams. The group winners and the runners-up team with the best record against the sides first and third in their group advanced to the final tournament.

Match officials

UEFA named six referees and eight assistant referees to officiate matches at the final tournament. Additionally, two referees from the host nation were chosen as fourth officials.[3]

Group stage

The 7 teams advancing from the second qualifying round were joined by host nation Wales. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four with the top two teams of each group advancing to the semifinals.[4] The draw for the final tournament took place at Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli on 7 May 2013.[5]

All kick-off times are local (WEST)

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7
 France 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
 Wales 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source:
Wales 0–1 Denmark
Report Frandsen  61'
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
England 0–0 France
Report
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
Wales 0–3 England
Report Lawley  63'
Parris  83'
Mead  89'
Richmond Park, Carmarthen
Denmark 1–3 France
Frandsen  8' (pen.) Report Declercq  10'
Toletti  17'
Lavogez  26'
Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)
France 3–0 Wales
Toletti  28'
Le Bihan  35', 47'		 Report
Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia)
Denmark 0–3 England
Report Williams  34' (pen.)
Parris  85'
Zelem  90'
Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7
 Finland 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Norway 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
 Sweden 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Source:
Sweden 1–1 Finland
Banušić  4' Report Kemppi  60'
Germany 5–0 Norway
Dallmann  12', 15'
Bremer  21', 39', 43'		 Report
Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)
Sweden 0–2 Germany
Report Bremer  59', 84'
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
Finland 1–0 Norway
Engman  78' Report
Richmond Park, Carmarthen
Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia)
Norway 5–0 Sweden
Jensen  41', 51'
Eikeland  48'
Tomter  69'
Skinnes Hansen  87'		 Report
Referee: Eszter Urban (Hungary)
Finland 1–1 Germany
Kemppi  48' Report Tietge  20'
Richmond Park, Carmarthen
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)

Knockout round

All four teams qualify to the 2014 U20 World Cup.

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 August – Carmarthen
 
 
 England4
 
31 August – Llanelli
 
 Finland0
 
 England0
 
28 August – Llanelli
 
 France (a.e.t.)2
 
 Germany1
 
 
 France2
 

Semi-finals
Germany 1–2 France
Bremer  90+3' (pen.) Report Diani  62', 64'
Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)
England 4–0 Finland
Mead  15', 40'
Williams  34' (pen.)
Sigsworth  66'		 Report
Richmond Park, Carmarthen
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)

Final
England 0–2 (a.e.t.) France
Report Toletti  95'
Diallo  114'
Attendance: 1,030
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 European Champions 

France
Third title

Goalscorers
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. http://www.uefa.com/womensunder19/season=2013/technical-report/index.html
  2. "Women's U19 2012/13 first qualifying round draw". UEFA. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. "Match officials". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  4. "Denmark and Finland seal Wales final spots". UEFA. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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